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Frank Phillips Newsreader
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:57 pm
by Mid A 15
I believe I am correct in stating that he was an Old Blue.
I stumbled across this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... files.html whilst searching for some information on another newsreader, Kenneth Kendall, who sadly passed away today.
Re: Frank Phillips Newsreader
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:35 am
by sejintenej
Yes, he is listed on the CHA site. Mid B 1912-1917. From 1923 he was a professional singer and I suspect may have cut some vinyl
Re: Frank Phillips Newsreader
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:50 pm
by postwarblue
Vinyl? Shellac, surely.
Re: Frank Phillips Newsreader
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:06 pm
by J.R.
postwarblue wrote:Vinyl? Shellac, surely.
Correct, and don't call me Shirley !!!!
Re: Frank Phillips Newsreader
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:29 pm
by Kit Bartlett
Frank Phillips appeared in "The Dede of Pittie" , written by Edmund Blunden, as the narrator, which was performed at the Fortune Theatre London as part of the quatercentenary celebrations in 1953.